Students in grades 7 to 12 who rode in an on-road vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol, using cannabis, or other illegal drugs in the last 12 months

Table

Unit %

Academic Year 2022-2023 Academic Year 2018-2019 Academic Year 2015-2016
Province
New Brunswick
17.3
17.0 - 17.7
17.2
16.9
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
14.9
14.3 - 15.5
17.0
15.4
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
15.4
14.7 - 16.0
15.2
13.7
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
18.3
17.6 - 19.0
16.2
17.1
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
22.8
21.3 - 24.2
20.0
22.3
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
22.0
19.8 - 24.1
24.6
19.7
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
22.2
20.9 - 23.5
21.2
21.7
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
19.8
18.3 - 21.3
18.1
21.6
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
21.1
19.2 - 23.0
20.6
16.3
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
23.3
21.2 - 25.5
28.0
28.0
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
20.3
17.6 - 23.0
21.3
18.8
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
19.3
16.1 - 22.5
19.4
24.2
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
24.4
20.9 - 28.0
29.4
20.4
Dieppe and Memramcook
14.4
12.9 - 15.9
17.4
15.5
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
27.9
22.9 - 33.0
21.9
22.3
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
22.5
20.5 - 24.5
19.1
20.5
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
19.5
17.7 - 21.3
18.5
17.8
Fredericton
14.9
13.9 - 15.9
13.9
10.4
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
n/a
S
4.0
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
20.1
17.8 - 22.4
15.8
21.6
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
33.9
27.8 - 40.1
19.7
15.4
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
31.5
26.8 - 36.2
27.4
30.8
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
23.0
19.3 - 26.7
18.3
22.6
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
19.6
18.0 - 21.2
17.4
21.4
Moncton
11.7
10.9 - 12.5
14.1
11.5
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
22.7
19.0 - 26.4
15.9
20.8
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
21.4
16.6 - 26.2
24.6
23.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
23.2
18.8 - 27.6
20.1
21.6
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
19.3
17.5 - 21.1
17.6
19.7
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
27.8
24.1 - 31.4
21.7
28.3
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
13.2
12.1 - 14.4
12.4
12.4
Riverview and Coverdale
13.5
11.8 - 15.2
13.9
13.9
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
16.7
13.7 - 19.6
12.6
13.0
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
14.9
13.9 - 15.8
14.9
12.5
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
21.1
18.5 - 23.6
18.7
19.6
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.7
13.4 - 18.0
21.1
16.0
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
25.3
21.7 - 28.9
26.8
27.5
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
23.2
19.7 - 26.7
23.6
19.3
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
17.8
15.4 - 20.2
16.3
17.1
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
17.3
15.1 - 19.4
20.5
16.8
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
24.3
21.6 - 26.9
20.4
21.9
School districts
Anglophone East School District
14.2
13.4 - 14.9
14.9
13.4
Anglophone North School District
21.1
19.8 - 22.3
20.7
21.3
Anglophone South School District
15.4
14.8 - 16.1
15.3
13.7
Anglophone West School District
18.4
17.7 - 19.1
16.4
17.4
Anglophone sector
16.7
16.3 - 17.1
16.2
15.8
District scolaire francophone Nord-Est
22.9
21.6 - 24.2
22.5
22.1
District scolaire francophone Nord-Ouest
23.6
22.1 - 25.2
21.0
23.3
District scolaire francophone Sud
14.6
13.7 - 15.5
17.3
16.2
Francophone sector
18.9
18.2 - 19.5
19.7
19.7
Grades
Grades 6 to 8
13.2
12.7 - 13.7
10.7
10.0
Grades 9 to 12
19.3
18.9 - 19.7
20.1
20.0
Gender
Female
17.3
16.8 - 17.8
n/a
n/a
Male
17.0
16.5 - 17.5
n/a
n/a
Non-binary
19.5
17.8 - 21.1
n/a
n/a
Sex at birth
Female
17.3
16.9 - 17.8
16.8
n/a
Male
17.2
16.7 - 17.7
17.7
n/a
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
18.2
17.4 - 19.0
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
27.6
25.9 - 29.2
23.4
25.3
Immigrant
Immigrants
9.5
8.8 - 10.3
10.6
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of students in grades 7 to 12 who rode in an on-road vehicle driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol, using cannabis, or other illegal drugs in the last 12 months.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Student Wellness and Education Survey - Grades 6-12

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "1-3 times or 4 or more times" by the number of respondents who answered "never, 1-3 times, 4 or more times or I did not ride in an on-road vehicle" to the question: In the last 12 months, how many times did you ride in an on-road vehicle (e.g., car, van, truck) driven by someone who had been drinking alcohol, using marijuana, or other illegal drugs?

Notes

Users are advised to exercise caution if comparing data from the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area to other New Brunswick communities. The data for the community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area is based on students in grades 6 to 8, while data from the other communities are based on students in grades 6 to 12. Survey results are assigned to communities based on the location of the school. The community of Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area does not have any schools with grades 9 to 12.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

SH_SAF02_1

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